---
name: "wordcount"
section: "1e"
platform: "linux"
package: "emboss"
version: "6.6.0+dfsg-15"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/wordcount"
---

# wordcount(1e)

Count and extract unique words in molecular sequence(s)

## NAME

wordcount - Count and extract unique words in molecular sequence(s)

## SYNOPSIS

**wordcount** **-sequence** *seqall* **-wordsize** *integer* \[**-mincount** *integer*\] **-outfile** *outfile*

**wordcount** **-help**

## DESCRIPTION

**wordcount** is a command line program from EMBOSS (“the European Molecular Biology Open Software Suite”). It is part of the "Nucleic:Composition,Protein:Composition" command group(s).

## OPTIONS

### Input section

- **-sequence** *seqall*

  ### Required section

- **-wordsize** *integer*

  Default value: @($(acdprotein)? 2 : 4)

### Additional section

- **-mincount** *integer*

  Default value: 1

### Output section

- **-outfile** *outfile*

  ## BUGS

Bugs can be reported to the Debian Bug Tracking system (http://bugs.debian.org/emboss), or directly to the EMBOSS developers (http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group\_id=93650&atid=605031).

## SEE ALSO

wordcount is fully documented via the **tfm**(1) system.

## AUTHOR

**Debian Med Packaging Team** \<debian-med-packaging@lists.alioth.debian.org\>

Wrote the script used to autogenerate this manual page.

## COPYRIGHT

This manual page was autogenerated from an Ajax Control Definition of the EMBOSS package. It can be redistributed under the same terms as EMBOSS itself.